The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan collection of Early American Judaica contains more than eleven thousand items. These items range
in date from the sixteenth century to 1977, with the vast majority of the collection consisting of items from the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Geographically, the collection encompasses the entire Western hemisphere in the period before mass
migration at the end of the nineteenth century. The collection contains a variety of materials, including trade cards, manuscripts,
books, periodicals, printed ephemera, photographs, art, and artifacts.

title

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan collection of Early American Judaica

creator

Kaplan, Arnold, 1939- Kaplan, Deanne L., 1940-

id

CJS.Arc MS56

repository

University of Pennsylvania Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

extent

65 linear feet

inclusive date

Bulk, 1555-1890 1555-1977

bulk date

1555-1890

abstract/scope/contents

The Arnold and Deanne Kaplan collection of Early American Judaica contains more than eleven thousand items. These items range
in date from the sixteenth century to 1977, with the vast majority of the collection consisting of items from the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Geographically, the collection encompasses the entire Western hemisphere in the period before mass
migration at the end of the nineteenth century. The collection contains a variety of materials, including trade cards, manuscripts,
books, periodicals, printed ephemera, photographs, art, and artifacts.

Collection concerning Florentine families, organizations, trades, and industries covering the years 1437-1804. The documents
that compose the collection are divided into two broad sections, one dedicated to families and organizations, and the other
to subjects. The former, arranged alphabetically by name, then chronologically for each family or organization, features documents
pertaining to about 130 among the most important Florentine families, as well as institutions such as the Monte di pietà
and the hospital of Santa Maria Novella (referred to as Spedale). The families that are best-known in the collection include
the Acciaiuoli, Altoviti, Antinori, Corsi, Corsini, Guadagni, Rucellai, Salviati, and Strozzi; the best-represented families
in the collection are the Amadori, Capponi, Cassi, Lapini, and Ricciardi. A small number of documents containing information
on 3 ships is also present. The latter, arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each subject, is comprised,
for the most part, of numerous kinds financial documents (including accounts, receipts, orders, payments, etc.), and documents
related to different aspects of rural life and farm management (such as the purchase of cattle and grains). Other subjects
include the guilds of Florence, especially the one of the lanaoioli, wool workers, and that of the setaioli, silk weavers;
iron trade; and business relations between Florence and England and Florence and the Netherlands.

title

Florentine documents and correspondence collection

creator

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 761

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

5 boxes

inclusive date

1437-1804

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

Collection concerning Florentine families, organizations, trades, and industries covering the years 1437-1804. The documents
that compose the collection are divided into two broad sections, one dedicated to families and organizations, and the other
to subjects. The former, arranged alphabetically by name, then chronologically for each family or organization, features documents
pertaining to about 130 among the most important Florentine families, as well as institutions such as the Monte di pietà
and the hospital of Santa Maria Novella (referred to as Spedale). The families that are best-known in the collection include
the Acciaiuoli, Altoviti, Antinori, Corsi, Corsini, Guadagni, Rucellai, Salviati, and Strozzi; the best-represented families
in the collection are the Amadori, Capponi, Cassi, Lapini, and Ricciardi. A small number of documents containing information
on 3 ships is also present. The latter, arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each subject, is comprised,
for the most part, of numerous kinds financial documents (including accounts, receipts, orders, payments, etc.), and documents
related to different aspects of rural life and farm management (such as the purchase of cattle and grains). Other subjects
include the guilds of Florence, especially the one of the lanaoioli, wool workers, and that of the setaioli, silk weavers;
iron trade; and business relations between Florence and England and Florence and the Netherlands.

Acciaiuoli family Altoviti family Amadori family Antinori family Capponi family Cassi family Corsi family Corsini family Guadagni
family Lapini family Ricciardi family Rucellai family Salviati family Strozzi family

This is an autograph collection compiled by Francis Campbell Macaulay. The collection is composed of letters by scientists,
politicians, and men of letters, and fragments with signatures. The collection reflects Macaulay's interest in Italian literature,
and includes letters from Ludovico Ariosto, Fortunato Cavazzeni Pederzini, and Alessandro Torri. Other notable autographs
in the collection are those of Alexandre Dumas, Robert Morris, and Millard Fillmore. The collection also includes several
letters to Macaulay regarding the Dante Society, and five volumes of Macaulay's notes for a vocabulary of the dialect of Nice.

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)

inclusive date

1479-1896

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

This is an autograph collection compiled by Francis Campbell Macaulay. The collection is composed of letters by scientists,
politicians, and men of letters, and fragments with signatures. The collection reflects Macaulay's interest in Italian literature,
and includes letters from Ludovico Ariosto, Fortunato Cavazzeni Pederzini, and Alessandro Torri. Other notable autographs
in the collection are those of Alexandre Dumas, Robert Morris, and Millard Fillmore. The collection also includes several
letters to Macaulay regarding the Dante Society, and five volumes of Macaulay's notes for a vocabulary of the dialect of Nice.

Henry Charles Lea was a Philadelphian publisher, civil and public rights activist, mathematician, and and ecclesiastical historian.
This collection consists of original manuscripts including trial records, correspondence, a discourse, an edict, a royal proclamation
and unidentified French documents.

title

Henry Charles Lea collection of Inquisition manuscripts

creator

Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909

id

PUSp.Ms. Coll. 728

repository

University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

extent

0.8 linear feet (3 boxes)

inclusive date

1533-1866

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

Henry Charles Lea was a Philadelphian publisher, civil and public rights activist, mathematician, and and ecclesiastical historian.
This collection consists of original manuscripts including trial records, correspondence, a discourse, an edict, a royal proclamation
and unidentified French documents.